You know it's a bad sign when the outgoing California governor announces a fiscal emergency and everyone ignores him.

Now incoming governor Jerry Brown has realized how screwed the state is and he's announcing his own budget emergency, according to the LAT.

He said last night: "I'm going to try to get the budget agreements done within about 60 days. I don't think we have a lot of time to waste... It will be a very tough budget, but it will be transparent... We've been living in fantasy land. It is much worse than I thought. I'm shocked."

Ending entitlement programs for illegal immigrants and closing the border will also do wonders. As far as education cuts go, getting the illegal aliens out of the system is gonna have to be the first thing to get the axe. Sorry illegals, the gravy train is over...

Yeah, Moonbeam, millions of ordinary Americans who, unlike you, have their heads screwed on, have known this for years. We’ve been keeping it a secret just so we could see your reaction when you figured it out. Pffft.

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posted on 12/15/2010 7:55:00 AM PST
by Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)

It’s your problem now, Jerry.
Your party did this.
You must now either act like an adult and solve it in a serious way or continue to kick the can down the road, only the end of the road is a cliff..................

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posted on 12/15/2010 7:57:14 AM PST
by Red Badger
(Whenever these vermin call you an idiot, you can be sure that you are doing to something right.)

Those of us stuck here have been saying this for years. Does anyone expect anything different when this state has been run by Dems for years??. This should be fun to watch, damn shame I'll have to go through it.

Some conservative pundits thought Jerry Brown was the only one capable of fixing California. The Democrat legislature wouldn’t have cooperated with Meg Whitman, but Jerry can work the party from within. It sounds plausible, but I’m not holding my breath. If Jerry can reign in California so that the rest of us don’t have to bail it out, more power to him.

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posted on 12/15/2010 8:01:18 AM PST
by CitizenUSA
(Consider me a "Domestic Extremist" for believing, "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave!")

His election was all about his fame and name. People bought into the Terminator and thought he was going to solve CA’s problems, he had no experience or background. He was not a Reagan. who gave thoughtful conservative answers to questions. He was Ah-nold, the actor.
Besides that...he’s married to a Kennedy.

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posted on 12/15/2010 8:01:34 AM PST
by kalee
(The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)

Ending entitlement programs for illegal immigrants and closing the border will also do wonders. As far as education cuts go, getting the illegal aliens out of the system is gonna have to be the first thing to get the axe. Sorry illegals, the gravy train is over...

A state report said last week that California graduates 55,000 illegals a year from high school. So lets do the math.. 55,000 x $7,000 per year x 12 grades = $4.62 Billion a year on educating children that are in this state illegally. Not bad.

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